Marcel Wanders has dismissed the ongoing debate about whether non-architects should design buildings as "an endless conversation about nothing" (+ interview + slideshow). More about Designers as architects debate is "f*cking opposite" of open-minded creativity says Wanders
Designer Thomas Heatherwick has won planning permission to convert a Victorian coal yard in London's King's Cross into a canal-side shopping destination. More about Heatherwick gets go ahead for canal-side shopping centre in London's King's Cross
Dutch Design Week 2015: Dutch furniture designer Piet Hein Eek has joined the debate about whether non-architects should design buildings, saying most architects are "not interested" in construction. More about "Most buildings are drawings filled in by engineers" says Piet Hein Eek
Dutch Design Week 2015: Maarten Baas has become the latest designer to foray into architecture, partnering with two teams of architects to unveil designs for a residential development in Eindhoven's De Bakermat plaza. More about Maarten Baas oversees architectural battle for "ugly location" in the Netherlands
Clients are increasingly attracted to designers who "think differently", while architects are restricted by knowledge says Dror Benshetrit – whose New York studio is developing a giant urban island off the coast of Istanbul (+ slideshow + interview). More about You don't need to be an architect to design buildings, says Dror Benshetrit
Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek has spent 10 years renovating an old mill in France's Dordogne region into a pair of holiday homes that visitors can rent (+ slideshow). More about Piet Hein Eek converts former mill buildings into holiday rentals in rural France
Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled more images of his plant-covered design for a Maggie's cancer-care centre in Yorkshire, England, which has now been granted planning permission (+ slideshow). More about Thomas Heatherwick gets the green light for Maggie's Centre modelled on pot plants
Opinion: as Thomas Heatherwick's Provocations exhibition opens in New York, Alexandra Lange questions whether the British designer has done enough yet to prove he can also produce well-built permanent architecture. More about "Can Heatherwick produce architecture that is more than a gimmick or a gadget?"
Designing a building is "exactly the same" as designing a Christmas card according to designer Thomas Heatherwick, amid signs that designers are encroaching on architects' territory. More about Products and buildings are the same says Heatherwick, as designers turn to architecture
Designer Dror Benshetrit has unveiled three proposals for residential towers on different sites in New York. More about Studio Dror's conceptual tower designs for New York offer three takes on high-rise architecture
Thomas Heatherwick has reportedly been brought in to work on Google's new London headquarters after plans by architecture firm Allford Hall Monaghan Morris were deemed too boring. More about Google drafts in Thomas Heatherwick for delayed London HQ project
Thomas Heatherwick has revealed his plans to build a Maggie's cancer-care centre in Yorkshire, England, designed to look like a group of giant pot plants. More about Thomas Heatherwick unveils design for plant-covered Maggie's Centre in Yorkshire
New York designer Karim Rashid has asked his Facebook fans to select their preferred option from four facades for a building in the city's SoHo district. More about Karim Rashid asks Facebook followers to pick facade for NY building
Google has found another way to begin construction on its vast Silicon Valley campus designed by BIG and Heatherwick Studio – despite losing its original land bid to social network LinkedIn. More about Google reveals new site for Mountain View headquarters by BIG and Heatherwick
Google's new California headquarters by Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick is set to be built using robot-crane hybrids. More about Robots will be used to construct BIG and Heatherwick's Google HQ
Milan 2015: prolific design studio Nendo has launched over 100 products during the past year. Founder Oki Sato told Dezeen that he has "no idea" how they managed such a high output and revealed his plans to move into architecture (+ interview). More about Designing 400 projects at a time "relaxes me" says Nendo's Oki Sato
Designer Thomas Heatherwick has completed a university building in Singapore made up of 12 towers that resemble giant parsnips (+ slideshow). More about Heatherwick's textured-tower university building completes in Singapore
News: Google has released a movie detailing its plans for a new California headquarters designed by the studios of Bjarke Ingels and Thomas Heatherwick. More about BIG and Heatherwick unveil "vibrant new neighbourhood" for Google's California HQ
News: Thomas Heatherwick's £175 million Garden Bridge proposal for London has been approved by Westminster Council amid claims it will be the "most expensive footbridge in the world". More about Thomas Heatherwick's Garden Bridge given green light
News: British designer Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled plans to create a new art gallery at the V&A Waterfront museum in Cape Town by hollowing out sections of a grain silo complex. More about Heatherwick unveils gallery inside grain silos for Cape Town's V&A Waterfront